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Gentlemen, what self-respecting knight would fight with peasants? It's not an option. They need to be trained first, although this is often expensive. As the game progresses, even neutral archers are quickly depleted – because they are weak, and replenishing the ranks of archers with peasants somewhere in the middle of the game is a good idea.
P.S. The upgrade to crossbowmen is indeed strange, but they are still stronger than archers, although in general, archers in Haven are weak. 8(
P.P.S. Pitlord is a nasty monster; I don't know why, but he: kills with one hit, and quite a few people at that, sometimes he kills 2 dragons with 1 Pit